heaven on earth... for fifty cents an acre

She told her friends for fifty cents an acre they could buy heaven on earth. That was nearly fifty years ago, she was raising her family in Connecticut at the time. She bought her first hundred acres and a very decrepit old house that everyone said should be torn down. Her cost was $350. This slice of earth became the family summer home, and when June's husband passed away at too young of an age, she moved up here to live all on her own. That was forty years ago. She acquired more land around her as it became available until she had close to four hundred acres and she restored the old farmhouse to it's beautiful original condition. Adding such amenities as indoor plumbing and electricity, though she cooks with wood and still maintains both privies on the property. One is in the woodshed the other by the horse barn. She believes it's important to be set up in a self sufficient manner, just in case. At 92 years old she attributes her fortitude and health to these hills, with it's rich fertile soil and mountain spring water supply.